Building toy



W. J. BOSTIC BUILDING TOY March 22, 1949.

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Filed m. 16,. 1946 laaym aq ATTORNEYS WITNESS March ,22, 1949.

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ATTOR N EYS WITNESS Patented Mar. 22, 1949 PATENT GFFWE BUILDING TOY William J. Bostic, Vancl uver, Wash., assignor to Ruby K. Rognstad; Vancouver, Wash.

-:Alpplication ctober16, 1946,-'Serial No. 703,675

-3 Claims.

toy construction set and more particularly 'to a building or construction set in which the various wall pieces are joined in a novel and unique manner providing a simple attaching means easy to assemble and disassemble, and at the same time durable under the usage normally given by children. Generally the construction \pieces consist of sections formed with grooves to receive and secure ribbed clips so that any combination of sections may be joined to create miniature buildings, houses, and other structures.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention according to the best mode I have thus far devised but it will be understood that various changes and alterations may be made in the exemplified structure within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an assembled house.

Figure 2 is a plan view of a square building section with the attaching clips in position.

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view thereof.

Figure 4 is a plan view of a triangular section.

Figure 5 is a plan view of an oblong section.

Figure 6 is an enlarged sectional view thereof.

Figure 7 is a sectional view of two sections joined at right angles.

Figure 8 is a sectional view of two sections joined in an obtuse angle.

Figure 9 is a sectional view of two sections joined by a hinged clip.

Figures 10 through are perspective views of various forms of clips which may be employed to secure the sections in different relations.

Figure 16 is a perspective view of a slightly modified form of wall section.

Referring now to the drawings wherein like characters indicate like parts, I have illustrated the present embodiment of my invention as comprising wall sections or panel units of various shapes and having an outside facing panel or plate 2 presenting a smooth outer surface to the building when used in the construction thereof, and of course, these outer panels may be ornamented as desired to indicate windows, doors, and other building parts.

The lugs or tongues 4 on the inner surface of these outer panels or plates engage the inner panels 6 through the slots 8 therein. Also as seen in Figure 6, the outer and inner panel sections may be joined in other manners without the use of lugs.

. The inner panels of the sections are formed withgrooves is parallel to and near theedges of the panel, the grooves crossing as at l2, and as shown the lugs 4 are positioned within the 5 confines of the grooves so that the necessary resiliency or movement of the edges of the inner panel may be effected to permit the insertion therebetween of the clips it which are fashioned with ribs it. These clips may be of any suitable 1o material as are the panels and it will be apparent that when the rib of the lug is aligned with the groove of the section, the clip may be inserted therein, and a second panel section may be mounted on the remaining rib of each clip. Thus 15 multiple sections may be secured together in abutting relation to form the necessary walls of the proposed building.

The fabricated walls of the building then may be secured through the use of the clip formed go in a right angle at la. The clip with an obtuse angle 20 therein may be employed as desired to secure the roof portions. To provide for the mounting of a door section I employ a clip formed with a right angle bend 22 and spaced 25 hinge loops 24 while a co-acting clip is formed with a central hinge loop 26, and a suitable pin now shown may be inserted in the aligned loops to secure the hinge clips.

As shown in Figure 16, the respective wall sections may have smooth inner as well as smooth outer surfaces. The section, here designated 2, may be made of wood, plastic, compressed paper or other suitable material, and is provided with grooves Iii and passages Hl to receive the bodies and ribs of the clips M. The grooves Ill are located in the edges of the wall section 2 The passages l0 are located in the body of the wall section 2 and each extends from an edge of the section to an opposite edge thereof.

From the above description of the construction and use of the building set of my invention, it will be apparent that sections of many and various shapes may be employed and that limitless combinations of sections may be selected for combination to provide educational entertainment for children of many ages.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a toy building construction, the combination of a panel unit which comprises an inner plate having continuous retaining grooves spaced from and parallel to the edges thereof, and a facing plate covering the outer surface of the 55 inner plate; with connecting clips having ribs 3 corresponding to the grooves of the inner plate positioned between the plates with the ribs in the grooves and retained in said grooves by the facing plate thereby securing edges of said panel units together, in substantially abutting relation, said grooves of the inner plate indented from the outer surface of the plate providing ribs on the inner face thereof, said inner plate having slots therethrough positioned in the intermediate portidn thereof, and said outer plate having tongues 1 on the inner surface which are extended through the slots of the inner plate providing means whereby the said facing plate is carried by the inner plate.

2. In building construction, the combination with panel units and connecting clips as described in claim 1, wherein the connecting clips comprise two angularly disposed sections with the ribs on each of said sections corresponding to the grooves of the inner plates of the panel units.

3. In building construction, the combination with panel units and connecting clips as described in claim 1, wherein the connecting clips comprise two sections hinged together and with the ribs on each of said sections corresponding to the grooves of the inner plates of the panel units. W. J. BOSTIC.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the o file of this patent:

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